Loving this game, but the first mod I find which makes equipment degrade slower is going to be installed immediately.
This may have been mentioned already, but there is an upgrade for the basic healing potion. It lets you use it more. The higher level ones might do more too. Not sure.
Also, about the certain death because of the tree choice: it took everything in me to not reload a save. By the end of that quest line, I was so invested in that character's life that I was genuinely chocked up at their death.
Adam Jensen said:
It sounds like he played the game on easy or normal.
Ya, I'm getting along similarly to him as far as combat goes. I have dabbled in some decoctions, but it definitely seems like alchemy is more important for higher difficulty levels (especially since meditating doesn't heal you).